Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/xasxʷikšisi

This Proto-Muskogean entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Muskogean

Etymology

From *xassoki (“grass”) +‎ *xʷikši (“tendon, blood vessel”) + *-si.

Noun

*xasxʷikšisi[1]

  1. root

Descendants

  • Alabama: assikchi (“muscle, vein, root”)
  • Chickasaw: hakshish
  • Choctaw: hakshish, hakšiš, akshish
  • Koasati: assikchi

References

  1. ^ Booker, Karen. (2005). "Muskogean Historical Phonology." In Hardy, Heather Kay and Scancarelli, Janine (eds.), Native languages of the Southeastern United States, 246-298. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
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